Today, we celebrate our freedom,
our independence from tyranny.
Yet just beneath our excitement,
lies the heavy weight of unease.
Conversation plummets
to topics of villainy
and all that our leaders
do as they please.
What is this country coming to?
I'm sure we'd all like to know.
But too frightened to find out,
we scurry from truth
like rats flee away from the light.
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Ghostwriter
PoetryLiving with mental illness can oftentimes trap one within the inner maze of their mind. In that place, dreams, fears, wishes, and regrets all compile together to create a new world far from the one we physically exist in. At times, it becomes easy t...
